Russia declares trade war on U.S. after Trump reluctantly signs new sanctions bill into law

[anon67018654]

Except that’s now how the sanctions are tailored. The US also reserve the right to fine any company with ties to the US. That’s a basic part of US justice and, more importantly, US administration: Find any tie, sometimes ludriciously so, to the US and you can sue in the US under US law.

You can see that any time a large public transport accident happens and the US lawyers fly in, trying to find an angle to sue in the US.

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@SqualusAcanthias

Don’t underestimated the Russian people’s capacity to endure suffering. You got nothing on them in that regard.

True, but if I thought the Russian people were a factor in this calculation, it’d be a whole other scenario.

I’m all for Russians becoming squishy and pampered and weak like me, but something tells me it’s not going to happen under their current leadership.